The Birth Primer : a source book of traditional and alternative methods in labor and delivery / Rebecca Rowe Parfitt ; foreword by John B. Franklin, M.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parfitt, Rebecca Rowe, 1942-

Contributor:

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Childbirth.

Obstetrics--Popular works.

Obstetrics.

Genre:

Popular works.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, [4], 259, [3] pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Running Press, [1977]

Contents:

Premise

Foreword / John B. Franklin, M.D.

1. Labor. Beginning of Labor; First Stage: Opening Up; Second Stage: Pushing the Baby Out; Third Stage: The Afterbirth; Variations and Complications; Postpartum Period

2. Ideas of Natural Childbirth. Dr. Rick-Read, Dr. Lamaze, and Dr. Leboyer; Further Theories and Techniques

3. Drugs, Devices, Surgeries, Procedures. Medications; Devices and Procedures; Surgery: Caesarean Section

4. Midwives and Other Friends. Lay Midwifery in America; Nurse-Midwifery; Doctors and the Obstetrical Team; Fathers; The Art of the Midwife

5. Birth Place. Hospital Birth; Home Birth; The Idea of the Maternity Center; Comparative Costs and Insurance

6. Childbirth Education Resources. Childbirth Education Classes; Organizations; The Media.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [222]-242) and index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copy has dustjacket retained.

Running Press copy is "1" printing.

ISBN:

0894710028

00894710036

OCLC:

3240348